Just had a catch up John. Great building work, especially the cobbles. Love the colour variation. The water technique looks interesting so it will be good to see where it goes next!
John
Hats off to you. Looking very good indeed!
ATB
Andrew
Hats off to you. Looking very good indeed!
ATB
Andrew
Fantastic Progress John,,, really enjoying the colors Keep up the great work
G
Hi Tim, nice of you to look in. Thanks.
Thanks Andrew.
Certainly hope it works Andy, thank you.
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Busy day to day, work was carried out on both the base and building.
Base first.
Base as it was.
Materials ready to mix. 2 pigments water, and pva.
IPA sprayed liberally to surface to break surface tension of the mix.
Once the whole area is covered a gentle wipe over with a pad to just remove any surface mix, resulting in this .
This was taken several minutes after being done, its now drying over night, looking ok.
After the mornings work on the base it was the turn of the walls.
Grey pigment scattered over all surfaces.
Followed by rubbing in with finger and brush in both vertical and horizontal lines.
After wiping the surface with a slightly damp cloth the surplus pigment is wiped away.
By now I'd cut the balsa for the door frames, the foam board has dried and has the correct blend of mortar.
Brick work has come out well, some areas had another very light wash applied to give the appearance of lighter and darker firings of the bricks.
Timbers now glued in and the whole lot id drying overnight.
Thanks for looking in.
John.
Hi Joe, thanks for looking in, posts nearly crossed.
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forgot to ask last time I posted..did you have to treat the foam board with anything before painting began?
G
No Joe, the first coat or two of the grey is just a cheap acrylic , used as a primer the just paint the rest with the washes etc as required. HTH.
G
Stunning work John.
Superb work John, your in your element when it comes to the building work 
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Right load of cobblers 
You have got this building lack off to a big T, fantastic John
You have got this building lack off to a big T, fantastic John
G
Hi Jim, glad your enjoying it. No problem with being late ever .Thank you .
Thanks Andy.
Think your right Si, it's the only time I really feel I know what I'm doing !Superb work John, your in your element when it comes to the building work
Thanks Neil. Yes it does try to curl, but I used to then stick another sheet to the paper side and counter it. This time I've found that placing heavy weights ( those steel bars about 150mm x 25 x 25. seem to cure it. Using another sheet of board seemed to be a rather expensive way,suppose I could have used a cheaper foam board and not Kappa for the back .
What do you do in this case ?
Right it is Bob:smiling3: as I said to Si it's the only time I know what I'm doing :nerd:Right load of cobblers
You have got this building lack off to a big T, fantastic John
JOHN .
Great work again John.
ATB
Andrew
ATB
Andrew
John, you have found the right material to work your magic on and making inroads with leaps and bounds. Very much like your cobble stones and brick work.
Cheers,
Richard
Cheers,
Richard
G
Thanks Andrew.
Coming from someone with your skill Richard I'm chuffed . Thank you.
Thanks Rick, perhaps I should just do buildings !
John.
Hi John
Using pigments for the mortar and between the cobbles is a clever idea and has worked well. The balsa wood framing is good. Do you have problems with the wood splitting when pinned?
Jim
Using pigments for the mortar and between the cobbles is a clever idea and has worked well. The balsa wood framing is good. Do you have problems with the wood splitting when pinned?
Jim
G
Hi Jim.
When the mortar mix dried in some places it was none existent, in others it is there. Still it gives a good variation with out trying :smiling3:.I'd use it again, had thought of soil from the garden. I have some dried and M/W 'd. Think it would need to be crushed again with a pestle and mortar. Some people have used coloured tile grout with success.
You have to be careful with the pins, these are new and quite sharp as I can testify
But being sharp they cause little splitting. Of course these sections are quite thin, that we'll make a difference.
HTH's
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